01/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - During a trip to Malta on 27 March, European Industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen said sharing the immigration burden “obviously doesn't work” as rich countries refuse to apply this principle and help Malta. And yet, this island is not intended to be a “filter for the rest of Europe”, he said, as reported in the Times of Malta. The commissioner then promised to encourage his colleague responsible for immigration, Jacques Barrot, to put ambitious...